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Re:Under iOS 11, authorities won’t be able to image your dev... by DavideNL on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @05:30AM (#15225936)
Also there's a big difference between 1) a company collecting and selling your data to other companies 2) a company giving authorities access to your data for complying with anti-terror laws.

I'm not implying i agree with how far governments go to intrude into peoples privacy. Just pointing out that i agree with OP that there's a big difference between for example Googles and Apples stance towards privacy.

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Re:Under iOS 11, authorities won’t be able to image your dev... by on_and_off on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @06:05AM (#15226058)
How is Google selling your data to another company ?
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Re:Under iOS 11, authorities won’t be able to image your dev... by taneq on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @07:39AM (#15226466)
They, like Facebook, are big enough that they don't need to sell data in order to monetise it. This doesn't make their swirling vortex of personal data extraction less creepy.
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Re:Under iOS 11, authorities won’t be able to image your dev... by maccard on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @06:35AM (#15226184)
That's literally their business
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Re:Under iOS 11, authorities won’t be able to image your dev... by darkmuck on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @07:34AM (#15226436)
Google may be using the data for their own benefit but they don't sell it to third parties.
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Re:Under iOS 11, authorities won’t be able to image your dev... by vopi on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @08:07AM (#15226576)
Yeah that's like their entire business model. They use it to sell ads, etc but they won't sell their most valuable asset.
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Re:Under iOS 11, authorities won’t be able to image your dev... by on_and_off on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @10:18AM (#15227434)
They sell ads that they target based on your data but AFAIK they don't give this data to any third party (except gov agencies of course like all US companies)
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